American Prison Artist C-Note

Description "Today We Are Sisters," is the title of a paintoem (painting +poem). Both the painting and paintoem tell the tale of the 150 California female prisoners that were forcibly sterilized from 2006-2010.In 2021 shortly after the release of the artist's free virtual art exhibition, 1-Artist; 1-Subject; 21-Works, which closed with Today We Are Sisters, the California legislation finally passed legislation giving reparations to the California women prisoners who were forcibly sterilized. It was signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom in July of 2021.

Untitled #32 by Donald C-Note Hooker

Untitled #137 by Donald C-Note Hooker

Untitled #89 by Donald C-Note Hooker

Untitled #33 by Donald C-Note Hooker

Untitled #18 by Donald C-Note Hooker

Strange Fruit by Donald Cnote Hooker

The Light Of Amber by Donald C-Note Hooker

Description Of the 1M+ visitors to the Darealprisonart online art gallery, "The Light Of Amber" is amongst the most popular works of art. Created in 2015, the drawing is Wax, on a cardboard box prison lunch, and is featured in the online Artist Close-up, interview article of Donald "C-Note" Hooker."Western art is based on light," says prison artist C-Note. "Whether it's Fra Angelico and his gold leaf halos around his religious subjects, Rembrandt and his use of chiaroscuro, Claude Monet's impressionism in his haystack series, or "The Painter of Light," Thomas Kinkade, and his contemporary works of log cabins," they all highlight the value of light in Western art.

Dreams of the Mothers by Donald C-Note Hooker

Untitled #38 by Donald C-Note Hooker

Untitled #47 by Donald C-Note Hooker